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What’s in this presentation

• Who we are• Our philosophy • Core team• Why us• Our recruitment process • Who we work with• Prizes and accolades

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Every language is different but we’re unique.Appointments Bi-Language is a specialist multilingual recruitment agency. Over the last 20 years, we've become one of the most trusted names recruiting for PA/secretary jobs, admin jobs, sales & marketing jobs, customer service & call centre jobs, research & analyst jobs, and much more in London, the UK and overseas.

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Who we are

Our PhilosophyWe think it’s better to be the best than the biggest

We don’t need row upon row of desks or a network of offices, because we will go that little bit further to find the right person for the right job

We know that recruitment is a competitive business but if we provide a great service to both clients and candidates, success will follow.

At Appointments Bi-Language we run our business less aggressively than the traditional recruitment model.

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Why us

• Our consultants are full time and ‘hands on’ to offer you the best possible service

• We are small but perfectly formed

to get to know you and your requirements better

to respond to your needs quickly

to give you a more personal and dedicated service

• We’ve been around a while… and we consistently attract high calibre candidates

• We are what you might call Language Specialists - the majority of our consultants are multilingual

This enables us to check language skills of candidates in-house

• Lastly, we don’t provide a candidate but the candidate

Nicole Debson | Founder & DirectorI set up Appointments Bi-Language 20 years ago along with my business partner and have loved every minute of running my own company. A francophone, with a knowledge of Spanish and Arabic as well.

James Munro | Managing DirectorI helped set up the company’s temp desk when I became their first employee (a year after the company was formed). A director of ABL since 1995.

Charles Russell | DirectorI joined Appointments Bi-Language shortly after James and became a director in 1997. I’ve lived in Switzerland, France, Germany and Denmark and speak French and Spanish fluently.

Matthew Curley | Principal ConsultantMatthew joined in 2004 having previously recruited for the property and construction industry. I’m a recent social media champion, having got appointments bi-language onto Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Maria Donoghue | Senior Recruitment ConsultantI have been with the company for four years and look after the translations and interpretations desk for the most part. As a modern languages graduate plus Spanish mother tongue, it is great to be able to use my languages for work.

Ridha Ben Abdeljelil | Finance ManagerA Tunisian, with fluent French and Arabic and a Masters in Economics and Management, I chose to settle in the UK 10 years ago and am now Financial Manager of Appointments Bi-Language.

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Our core team

Our recruitment process

Looking for a job? ABL reads

through all CVs

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telephone screening ABL Checks all potential candidates for fluency in English face to face meeting

ABL interviews all successfully screened candidates

Document checkingABL checks candidates’ passports and other relevant documentation

or video interviewingfor overseas candidates

Candidate submitted to

CLIENT

INTERVIEWPROCESS –

4 stages

Feedback to and from

CANDIDATE

Feedback to and from

CLIENT

ABL...

Screen and test potential candidates for the job using Prove It! system

Job offer made … and accepted!

A job comes in and we create an advert for it

Who we work withAdvertising JCDecaux

Banking and Financial Services Bain Capital Barclays Citi Commerzbank Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Fitch Ratings Goldman Sachs HSBC JPMorgan KKR Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley National Bank of Greece PricewaterhouseCoopers Standard & Poor’s UBS World Bank

Beauty and Fashion Burberry Clarins Estee Lauder Gucci L’Oreal LVMH Revlon Rotary Thomas Pink

Communications and IT Apple Fujitsu Europe Inmarsat Yahoo!

Education Kumon Educational UK EF Language Schools John and Mary School

Electronics Philips

Entertainment Discovery Channel Kelkoo Lego Sony Europe Warner Bros

Healthcare Alliance Boots GE Healthcare

Insurance Chartis QBE

Market Research Ipsos Mori

Motoring Renault UK

Publishing Bloomberg Dow Jones Euromoney Financial Times Herbalife Macmillan Penguin Sage Publications

Risk Control Risks Kroll

Travel and Tourism Melia Hotels Trip Advisor

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A little recognition for what we do

Listed as the Premier multilingual secretarial agency in The London Professional Recruitment Guide, 2001 edition (published in conjunction with The Daily Telegraph Business file)

Best Specialist Recruitment Agency 2006 (the London Professional Recruitment Guide sponsored by the Daily Telegraph)

Best Specialist Recruitment Firm, “Here is the City” Awards 2008

Named Finalist in Recruitment Team of the Year, National Recruitment Awards 2009

Named Finalist in Best Secretarial / PA Recruitment Firm, “Here is the City” Awards 2010

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